Annual Early Career Researcher Awards and Consumer in Research Award

SHP 2026 Annual Awards Nominations Open

Make your impact visible. Put yourself or a deserving colleague forward for recognition through the Sydney Health Partners (SHP) Awards.

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Nominations have closed. Award winners will be announced at the upcoming SHP Annual Forum on 29 July 2026.

Sydney Health Partners Awards celebrate outstanding early career researchers, clinician researchers, and consumers who are creating lasting impact in clinical and health services research.

Award Categories

Early career researchers and clinician researchers can apply or be nominated for one of five Awards:

  1. Translational Research Addressing a Health Priority
  2. Clinical Trial Excellence
  3. Excellence in Consumer-Researcher Partnerships
  4. Researcher–Health Professional Collaborations
  5. SHP Using Research to Change Health Practice

Each Award winner will receive funding of $2,000 for:

  • research-related professional development expenses, and/or
  • payments for consumers partnering in research.

Nominees for the early career researchers and clinician researcher awards must be employed by a Sydney Health Partner organisation.

  1. Consumer Contributions to Health Research

This consumer-focused award recognises the valued contribution of consumers who are actively involved in shaping health research that matters. Consumers can either self-nominate or be nominated by others.

The Consumer Award includes a gift card to the value of $250.

All nominations must include endorsement from a senior manager or researcher employed by a Sydney Health Partner organisation.